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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Man who stabbed 11yo Australian tourist in London to be detained indefinitely
     17 December 2025
    A judge at the Old Bailey rules Ioan Alexandru-Pintaru, who stabbed a young Australian girl in Leicester Square last year, will be detained at a mental hospital indefinitely.
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    Sick children face delays getting treatment at Dunedin Hospital, as its paediatric department struggles with staff shortages
    17 Dec: Sick children face delays getting treatment at Dunedin Hospital, as its paediatric department struggles with staff shortages... more
    Cocaine use continues to soar in New Zealand
    16 Dec: Cocaine use continues to soar in New Zealand... more
    Worksafe's taken early enforcement action against a Christchurch daycare, where five children and two staff suffered chemical burns
    16 Dec: Worksafe's taken early enforcement action against a Christchurch daycare, where five children and two staff suffered chemical burns... more
    A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme
    15 Dec: A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme... more
    ‘An act of evil antisemitism’: at least 12 dead in terrorist attack on Bondi Beach
    15 Dec: Twenty-nine people were injured and taken to hospital in the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.... more
    A new study showing a link between skin disease and heart damage in Tongan schoolchildren could help those at risk in New Zealand
    14 Dec: A new study showing a link between skin disease and heart damage in Tongan schoolchildren could help those at risk in New Zealand... more
    Barnardos is calling on Kiwis to help vulnerable children in need this Christmas
    14 Dec: Barnardos is calling on Kiwis to help vulnerable children in need this Christmas... more
    King Charles III gives rare cancer update, says treatment will be reduced in new year
    13 Dec: King Charles III has revealed his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year, describing the milestone as a "blessing" and testament to "remarkable" medical advances.... more
    A stark warning that New Zealand isn't doing enough to stop cancer before it starts
    13 Dec: A stark warning that New Zealand isn't doing enough to stop cancer before it starts... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     05 Dec: A Christchurch school at the centre of this week's mouldy lunches debacle, has launched an internal inquiry ++++++++++++++++
     23 Nov: Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users' mental health +++++++++++++++
     30 Nov: Doubts the health system would be able to cope with Labour's election promises +++++++++++
     05 Dec: Warnings not to collect and eat shellfish along the Bay of Plenty coast - with unsafe levels of toxins that could cause paralysis, respiratory failure and, in severe cases, death +++++++++++
     18 Nov: It could takes weeks or months to control a superbug outbreak at Christchurch Hospital ++++++++++
     22 Nov: A recall notice has been issued for a children's toy because of choking fears ++++++++++
     06 Dec: Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon ++++++++++


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